PFC Chapter 243: There is a ghost in the inn (2)
Chapter 243: There is a ghost in the inn (2)
However, this body still felt an indescribable feeling in its heart, probably because the original body and Ying'er were old acquaintances after all, and now she had passed away at such a young age, and now she had to disturb her peace, which was really a mixed feeling.
After digging for a while, the coffin was revealed.
It was made of the thinnest kind of cedar and was not rotten, so it seemed that the body had been buried not long ago.
Ning Ning opened the coffin lid and held up a lantern to examine the body.
Sure enough, the corpse had a broken cervical vertebra. Zhao Ying'er definitely did not die of illness!
Ning Ning thought for a moment, "System, I was wrong. You shouldn't have asked the shopkeeper. He has a family and a business, so he doesn't dare to talk too much. I should have asked the waiter. What they care about most is money. As long as you pay enough, the worst that can happen is that I can just work somewhere else."
"What are you going to do?"
"Go and ask now."
He rushed back to the city and pulled out the waiter who was about to get into bed. When the waiter saw that it was him, he didn't dare to get angry, and could only look sad, "It's already this late, and the guests at that table have finally finished drinking. I want to sleep for a while. Master Ning, do you have any instructions?"
"I want to ask about Zhao Ying'er."
"This, the shopkeeper has told you everything, and I, a clerk, don't know anything."
Ning Ning took out a bunch of silver and placed it in front of him. "I advise you to think it over carefully. If you tell the truth, the silver will be yours. If you lie, you will go to jail."
The waiter gritted his teeth and thought for a while, then slapped his thigh and said, "Then I'll tell you, but you can't say it was me who said it."
Ning Ning nodded, and he finally pried open the waiter's mouth.
The waiter said that Fengda had a very bad reputation. He colluded with his brother-in-law in the county, bullied the good people, and once tortured a prostitute to death.
After Zhao Ying'er got married, she seemed to be living well in the first two months, but once the novelty wore off, Feng Da no longer treated her kindly.
There were often cries of pain coming from the yard, and Zhao Ying'er couldn't go out for several days.
Feng Da didn't care about her health and often invited the magistrate to his place to drink and have fun all night long.
Two days before Zhao Ying'er's death, Mrs. Feng heard about her and came with a few strong maids to find fault with her. It is said that they humiliated her severely.
A few days later, she died.
I don't know how she died, but I've never heard that she was ill, nor did I see her see a doctor.
The waiter was not allowed to enter Zhao Ying'er's yard, so he only knew these roughly.
However, he also said that after Zhao Ying'er died, Zhao Ling'er and her mother wanted to seek justice, but were driven out by people from the county government, and her mother died of depression soon after.
Who would have thought that after her mother died, Zhao Ling'er actually fell in love with Feng Da, sold all her family property to collect the dowry, and married him in a hurry.
The waiter sighed, "A good girl, even if she needs to find someone to rely on, she doesn't have to hang herself on this crooked tree of Fengda. She also said that she saw her sister's ghost. Humph, anyway, we didn't see it. She must be guilty."
After figuring it out, Ning Ning went to find Zhao Linger.
Zhao Linger looked unhappy, and seemed to blame Ning Ning for being unkind, but Ning Ning said that she had something to show her, and took her to the window, motioning her to look at the window.
I saw a ghost in white appear before my eyes. The ghost had a snow-white face and a bright red tongue.
"Ah! There's a ghost!" Zhao Linger screamed and held her head.
Ning Ning was indifferent, "Isn't the ghost Zhao Ying'er? How did she become a man?"
"I don't know about this either."
At this time, the lights came on, illuminating the room brightly.
Ning Ning put away the newly lit candles and motioned the waiter to wipe the powder off his face. "Don't be afraid, it's the waiter in disguise."
Zhao Linger was still in shock, "A Ning, why did you scare me?"
"Can it really scare you? Didn't you use this thing to scare Feng Da to death?"
Zhao Linger laughed awkwardly, "What are you talking about? I don't understand."
"Really? Then I'll tell you everything. You deliberately prepared the things for taking a concubine yourself, just to say that you are not a concubine of the Feng family, so that it will be easier to get away in the future. Also, I asked, that wine is Feng Da's favorite wine, and it has a strong aftertaste. A jar costs more than ten taels of silver. Your family is not well off now, how can you afford to buy such expensive wine?"
Ning Ning paused, "I guess you planned all this. First, you spread the rumor that there was a ghost to make Feng Da suspicious, then you used his favorite wine to get him drunk and made a ghost to scare him. For this, you even specially drew Zhao Ying'er's favorite cherry blossom ornaments, just to make Feng Da drunk and mistake you for her."
Zhao Linger sneered, "No matter how drunk he is, I am a living person standing in front of him. He can just reach out and touch me. I won't scare him like that, right?"
"Of course not, you are using Liuli Chengying."
It was the first time that Feng Da saw Liuli and he had no idea that it could form a shadow, so he thought it was a ghost.
After all, Zhao Linger was born into an official family in the capital. It was not her first time seeing Liuli, and she knew more about it than Fengda did. Until it was able to form a shadow, she used it to kill Fengda.
Zhao Linger lowered her eyes, "Even so, why would I kill my husband?"
"I checked Zhao Ying'er's body, and she didn't die of illness. Are you going to avenge her?"
Zhao Linger smiled bitterly, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you. But I was too weak. When Ying'er died, I didn't dare to seek revenge. I just wanted to live in hiding. Who would have thought that this beast would... insult me."
Zhao Linger said that Zhao Ying'er suddenly sent a message to her half a year after she eloped, saying that she wanted to see her. She hurried to the inn and found that Zhao Ying'er had become extremely haggard.
Feng Da treated her well at first, but his true colors showed after a short while, and he often beat and scolded her when he was drunk.
This was not all. One night, Feng Da brought the county magistrate to the palace and helped him molest Zhao Ying'er. From then on, the two took turns to find Zhao Ying'er and treated her as a prostitute for fun.
Zhao Ying'er was heartbroken, and Fengda's wife brought people to abuse her, ordering them to tear her clothes and humiliate her severely. She was completely desperate and didn't want to live anymore.
Zhao Linger was heartbroken and said they should find a chance to escape and live somewhere else. But that night, Yinger hanged herself on the beam.
She was determined to die and actually wanted to see Ling'er for the last time!